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Thanks, this was actually part b where part a was to derive the velocity transformations in the direction perpendicular to motion, which I had incorrectly found to be u'=u, but your comment made me rethink that. Thanks for the help.

Homework Statement A rocket passes the Earth at 0.8c. As it goes by, it launches a projectile at 0.6c perpendicular to the direction of motion. What is the projectile's speed in the Earth's reference frame? Homework Equations [;u=\frac{u'+v}{1+u'v/{c}^{2}};] The Attempt at a Solution Since...